BRIDGETON — The suspect charged with the beating of a Bridgeton woman in April has been indicted for first-degree attempted murder.

Quamere T. Redding, 20, of Elmer Street, in Bridgeton, also faces one count of first-degree robbery.

According to police at the time, the victim, 49-year-old Annie Pearl Hannah, had been beaten so viciously that officers could not communicate with her a day after the incident, which occurred on April 14.

Her father stated she had been unconscious immediately after the attack, and had been in critical but stable condition at Cooper University Hospital, in Camden.

She has since been released from Cooper.

According to police, Redding was arrested the afternoon following the incident after officers were led to his address by witnesses who had seen the attack occur.

Redding was reportedly hiding in his basement when detectives arrived to arrest him.

Officials have also not stated how the two came to know each other, if they ever did.

Redding was previously convicted on April 24, 2009, of aggravated assault and attempt to cause injury with a weapon, regarding an incident that occurred when he was a juvenile. He was released on Feb. 28 of this year.

According to the Oct. 19 indictment for attempted murder, Redding is accused of “punching and stomping Annie Hannah about her face and head until she was knocked unconscious and in critical condition.”